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Dibiyaso language

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Region
  
Papua New Guinea

Language family
  
Unclassified

Glottolog
  
dibi1240

Native speakers
  
2,000 (2000 census)

ISO 639-3
  
dby

Dibiyaso a.k.a. Bainapi is an unclassified Papuan language of Papua New Guinea. It is sometimes linked to Bosavi, but the resemblances appear to be loans.

There is 19% lexical cognacy with Turumsa, suggesting it may prove to be a Doso–Turumsa language.

References

Dibiyaso language Wikipedia